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Dr. Fred Fortes at the N3F Clinic, with the Brooklin skyline behind him

Rejuvenate without losing who you are.

N3F® Protocol · Facial rejuvenation with hyaluronic acid

The N3F® Protocol restructures the whole face with hyaluronic acid, gives its support back and creates a lifting effect without surgery. And it follows the result year after year. Created by Dr. Fred Fortes, a dental surgeon and one of the leading names in orofacial aesthetics in Brazil.

Anyone can deliver a pretty result in the first week. What Dr. Fred is after is a face that ages well over the years, with less product at every visit.

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The whole face, read as a map.

When a face starts to look like it is sagging, it is almost never one spot: the midface loses support, the lower third drops and the contour goes with it. So before any injection, Dr. Fred reads the face by region. The plan comes from that map and is different for each person.

  • Temples and upper third
  • Malar region, where the face loses support first
  • Jaw angle and contour
  • Chin and lower third
478 reference points. The regions in green are the ones the protocol restructures.
Dr. Fred Fortes during an assessment at the N3F Clinic

What the protocol actually does.

Three stages, always in this order and always with hyaluronic acid as the only product. The amount is whatever each face asks for, and that is decided in the assessment, not on a price list.

First stageStructural replacement

It gives back the volume time took away, at the points that hold the face up. This is the base. Without it, any other injection is just makeup.

Second stageRepositioning

What dropped goes back into place. This is where the lifting effect comes from, and it is the stage that demands the most anatomical reading.

Third stageEnhancement

The features that were always yours, a little more defined. No excess, and without changing who you are.

See the step by step

What the follow-up looks like, year by year.

Results are not sold by the millilitre and do not end in the first week. After the restructuring there is a follow-up at 60 days, one maintenance a year with about a third of the initial product, and adjustments as life changes. Some patients are in their sixth year. Facial laxity is not solved in one session: it is managed over the years.

Day 0

Assessment

A complete reading of the face and a plan that is yours alone.

Session

Restructuring

The whole face, in a single session.

60 days

Check-up

Fine adjustments once everything has settled.

Year 1

Maintenance

A third of the initial amount.

Years 2 to 5

Management

Less product and more judgement, every year.

Year 6

Still in maintenance

The longest-standing patient of the protocol.

Reception at Clínica N3F on the 16th floor, with the Brooklin skyline

An atelier on the 16th floor in Brooklin.

Three treatment rooms, an in-house team and a view Fred always makes a point of showing. Few people at a time, so every appointment gets the time it needs.

R. Barão do Triunfo, 612 · Conj. 1609/1610 · São Paulo · Visit the clinic

Day to day at the clinic.

Dr. Fred Fortes, dental surgeon and creator of the N3F Protocol, at Clínica N3F
Dr. Fred Fortes
Dr. Fred Fortes documenting a facial rejuvenation case at Clínica N3F
Case documentation
Dr. Fred Fortes between appointments at Clínica N3F, Brooklin
Between appointments
Reception at Clínica N3F, with the Brooklin skyline
Reception · 16th floor
Entrance of Clínica N3F with the brand on the wall
Clinic entrance
Assessment with Dr. Eduardo Denis
Assessment · with Dr. Eduardo Denis

"I do not sell syringes. I sell results and continuity."

Dr. Fred Fortes
Education

UFJF

Dental surgeon from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. Specialist in orofacial aesthetics.

Registration

CROSP · CROSC

Licensed in São Paulo and in Santa Catarina. 137022 · 15322.

Press

IstoÉ, 2022

A feature on the full face method with hyaluronic acid and the annual maintenance.

Lectures

Harvard Medical School

Lecture documented in the HMS auditorium, in Boston.

Beyond the practice.

  • I

    N3F Clinic®

    Where the protocol happens: three treatment rooms in Brooklin, an in-house team, technology and follow-up. Periodic appointments in Florianópolis.

    Visit
  • II

    N3F Academy®

    Training for professionals who genuinely want to treat patients: Fellow Day Clinic, Full Face Clinical Hands-On and an international hands-on in Portugal.

    Programmes
  • III

    Partnerships and lectures

    Brands, congresses, live sessions and classes. Ilíkia partner. Invitations and bookings through the business channel.

    Business

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First Dr. Fred looks at your face. Then the two of you talk about what makes sense, and at what pace.

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Start with a consultation.

The assessment defines whether the N3F® Protocol is the right path and what it would look like on your face. No rush, and no promises before looking.

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